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Journal of Virology, April 2005, p. 4619-4629, Vol. 79, No. 8
0022-538X/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.79.8.4619-4629.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

The Autographa californica Multiple Nucleopolyhedrovirus ie0-ie1 Gene Complex Is Essential for Wild-Type Virus Replication, but either IE0 or IE1 Can Support Virus Growth

Taryn M. Stewart,1 Ilse Huijskens,1 Leslie G. Willis,2 and David A. Theilmann1,2*

Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver,1 Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Summerland, British Columbia, Canada2

Received 22 October 2004/ Accepted 7 December 2004

The immediate-early ie0-ie1 gene complex expresses the only baculovirus spliced gene that produces an alternate protein product. Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) IE1 is a potent transcriptional transactivator that is essential for viral replication in transient assays. IE1 contains 582 amino acids that are arranged into different domains, including an acidic activation domain at the N terminus, a DNA binding domain, and an oligomerization domain at the C terminus. IE0 is a 52-amino-acid N-terminally elongated form of IE1. We investigated the functions of IE0 and IE1 in virus-infected cells by constructing the first ie1 open reading frame knockout virus. An infectious AcMNPV bacmid was used to generate the ie1 knockout, and the resulting virus, AcBacIE1KO, effectively deletes both ie0 and ie1. AcBacIE1KO does not infect Spodoptera frugiperda cells, showing that the ie0-ie1 gene complex is essential for viral infection. Rescue viruses of AcBacIE1KO were constructed that express only IE1, IE1 and IE0, or only IE0. Our results show that both IE0 and IE1 can function independently, but not equivalently, to support replication, producing infectious virus. Viruses expressing predominately, or only, IE0 produced significantly fewer cells with polyhedra than either the IE1 counterpart or wild-type virus. In addition, DNA replication was prolonged and budded virus and late gene expression were delayed. Viruses expressing only IE1 also produced fewer polyhedra, but replication was slightly faster and achieved higher levels than that of the wild-type virus. Both IE0 and IE1 are therefore required and must be expressed in the correct quantitative ratios to achieve a wild-type infection.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, 4200 Highway 97, Summerland, B.C., Canada V0H 1Z0. Phone: (250) 494-7711. Fax: 1-250-494-0755. E-mail: TheilmannD{at}agr.gc.ca.

Journal of Virology, April 2005, p. 4619-4629, Vol. 79, No. 8
0022-538X/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JVI.79.8.4619-4629.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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